"The Making of Modern Burma" is a well-researched and accurate study of a key period in the history of Myanmar. It was a time of transition from the Continental Kingdom to British rule. This book presents new international perspectives on the reigns of King Mindon and King Thibaw, and clearly shows that governments under these kings worked hard to modernize the country. This book argues that the interactions between the colonial governments and British colonialism shaped what we now own, Burma.